Career
Nicholls Pugh practiced law in Lafayette, Louisiana, as a partner of Pugh & Boudreaux. His professional representation is documented in Louisiana appellate proceedings from the 1960s through the 1980s, including Lindsey v. Escude (1965), Lomenick v. Schoeffler (1967), Peltier v. Seabird Industries (1970), and Butcher v. South Central Bell Telephone Company (1981). He also represented clients in federal proceedings, including Flores v. Cabot Corporation in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 1979. His legal practice was associated with the Lafayette firm Pugh & Boudreaux, which was also identified in some proceedings as Pugh, Boudreaux & Gachassin.